How to Use exorbitant in a Sentence

exorbitant

adjective
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  • They were charged exorbitant rates for phone calls.
  • Racial covenants may be a thing of the past, but charging the poor exorbitant rents is not.
    — Timothy Noah, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Then there are tasks that take exorbitant amounts of time, such as scrubbing the walls.
    — Rachel Kurzius, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The other involves the exorbitant cost of her move to Alaska in 2019.
    — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Oct. 2022
  • That helps to pay for exorbitant rent, which had been taking up to a whopping 55% of their pay.
    — Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2023
  • If you’re asked to be part of the wedding party, the expense can get exorbitant.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
  • In the past, that has meant seats for top-selling artists could be exorbitant, like the time Bruce Springsteen's best seats went for $4,000.
    — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Outside of exorbitant use by some minors, there are growing concern about the app around the world.
    — Michelle Chapman, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2023
  • For most, the long days, cramped seats, and exorbitant fees are enough to throw in the towel, sartorially.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The deal is team friendly for the Pacers because Turner won't take up an exorbitant amount of cap space the next two seasons.
    — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Jan. 2023
  • For what’s certain to be an exorbitant amount of money.
    — Chris Welch, The Verge, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The high price of tickets is something that has followed Messi around the country as MLS fans have had to pay exorbitant prices.
    — Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Still, the life-sustaining medicine can be an exorbitant cost.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Investors have fled Intel in part because of the exorbitant cost of Gelsinger’s turnaround plan.
    — oregonlive, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Americans spend an exorbitant amount of money on health care and have for years.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Some have noted exorbitant resale prices on tickets that were snagged during the presale, some of them in the tens of thousands of dollars.
    — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The costs of credit card fees to businesses is exorbitant and unconscionable, and costs when bearable are passed to the consumer.
    — Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2023
  • What may be an exorbitant price for a consumer might be a shrewd calculation for a business.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2023
  • This is a high-tax state, contributing to exorbitant living costs.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Just take the exorbitant egg prices from earlier this year as one example.
    — Charlotte Hu, Popular Science, 19 Oct. 2023
  • For many years now, people who needed hearing aids had to get prescriptions and pay exorbitant prices.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 22 Nov. 2022
  • This use of devices was exorbitant, Ament came to understand.
    — Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The news comes after Swift fans across the globe met exorbitant prices and exclusive availability for tickets to the superstar’s first tour in years.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Though that is surely a refreshing development for customers who have grown weary of the exorbitant costs of a night out on Broadway.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
  • Gone are the days when small-market owners complained about exorbitant player salaries and about being unable to compete with the large-market teams.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2023
  • That often meant that if seats weren’t available, parents were forced to pay exorbitant fees for the simple privilege of sitting next to their own children.
    — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2023
  • If Coalinga can’t find relief, it would be forced to buy additional water on the open market at exorbitant prices that could swamp the city’s budget.
    — Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Because of this, Range Rover owners have been forced to turn to outside firms, many of which are unwilling to provide coverage or charge an exorbitant amount.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2023
  • With contrasting lights and darks, the midcentury modern-inspired stand adds a splash of high-contrast design to the room, without the exorbitant cost of a vintage piece.
    — Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2023
  • While some of the top clubs might be beckoning for Ramos, Ronaldo looks to be heading for the obscurity of the Saudi Arabian league, even if that does come with an exorbitant salary.
    — Steve Douglas, ajc, 7 Dec. 2022

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